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Seneca Hill Chess Club will be hosting a regional qualifier for the Ontario Chess Challenge in Etobicoke, for students from grades 1 to 12.
Date: Sunday, April 8, 2012
Location: Etobicoke Olympium 590 Rathburn Road, Toronto, Ontario M9C 3T3, 2nd Floor, Committee Room
Entry fee: $15
Check in: 1:30 to 2:00, games start at 2:15.
Prizes: A medal out of 3 players up to third place, ribbons for all participants.
Note: any changes will be posted to the CMA website, or on this site. Sections will be divided by grade. The games are rated by the Chess’N Math Association.
Spaces are limited. Pre-registration via the form below, or by email, is strongly recommended. You will get a confirmation from us.
We are offering sponsorships for entering OHSCC and Oriole Tournaments.
To be eligible, the participant has to register OGCC on or before April 19, 2012.
Please see details at http://ogcc2003.ca
All the girls entered OGCC 2012 with payment on or before April 19, 2012
will receive a free Oriole tournament and a treat.
Seneca Hill PS Chess Teams participated in the Chess’n Math Ontario Team Tournaments.
We had multiple teams in both K-G.3 and K to G.6 sections.
All the teams did very well. We captured the first and fourth in the K-3 section and second, fourth and fifth in the K-G.6 section.
Both Seneca Hill first teams will play top teams from Quebec in Kingston on June 9.
Complete crosstables will be posted at Chess’n Math Website.
Updated June 23, 2016
Terms in 2015-2016
Summer 2016: June 20, 27 July 4, 11, 18 25 – 6 lessons
Terms in 2016-2017
Term 1: October 3 to December 12 – 9 lessons
—–No lesson on October 10, November 14
Term 2: January 16 to March 27 – 9 lessons
—–No lesson on February 20, March 13
Term 3: April 3 to June 12 – 9 lessons
—–No lesson on April 17, May 22
Subject to change according to unforeseen school activities.
Free Chess Tournaments
Seneca Hill Chess Club will be organizing free tournaments for students from kindergarten to grade 12, at the Creative Education Centre at Victoria Park and McNicoll.
Dates: April 4, 11, and 18, 2012
Time: 4:00 to 6:30 (drop off after 3:30)
Location: 3570 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 121, Toronto
Ratings: Chess’N Math Association.
Info: Higher rated players will have longer games. All participants will receive medals or ribbons, depending on their performance.
We will sponsor any of our Seneca Hill students who make it to the Canadian Chess Challenge 2012, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Attendees of the tournament will receive $100 each from the club in recognition of their accomplishment.
The webpage for the 2012 Ontario Girls’ Chess Championship—which will be held on May 19th at the Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School—can be found here.
Thank you for coming to the Seneca Hill Regional Qualifiers.
Congrats to the winners and qualified players:
Grade 1- Mark Stevenson (3rd place) 1st place co-winners, Jonathan Zhao & Aidan Mo were pre-qualified
Grade 2- Thomas Wang (2nd place) Nicholas Vettese (3rd place after, won by playoffs) 1st place winner, Benjamin Lin was pre-qualfied
Grade 3 – Andrew Liang and Ray Liu (Tied 1st)
Grade 4 – James Gao (2nd place) First place winner, Bill Hu was pre-qualified
Grade 5 – Jeffrey Xu
Grade 6 – Kayton Yan.
Grade 7 – Kristen Li
Grade 8 – Tan Guo
Grdde 9 – Brian Hanratty
Grade 10 – Jerry Yang
I have already reported the qualified players to the Provincial coordinator. You can register online anytime.
Complete results are posted at www.chess-math.org
News from Seneca Hill Public School Chess Team
Our primary and junior teams participated in the North Qualifier, TDSB Team Championship on March 23. Both teams won all the 25 games and came first. We will meet the winners of the other 3 regions on May 4 at Lawrence Park CI.
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